CARBON FIBERS

Carbon Fibers

SHD, Lineat signs terms for sustainable carbon fiber composites

Alignment of “recycled” and waste carbon fiber material via a patented manufacturing technology process will encourage more sustainable, circular composite materials development.

Grace Nehls
Managing Editor, CompositesWorld

Carbon Fibers

Colored carbon fiber composite bike wheels launched at The Cycle Show

Wheel brand Parcours reveals composite bike wheels using Hypetex colored carbon fiber to achieve aesthetic, lightweight and performance goals.

Construction

21st century concrete: composite metamaterial with super compressability, energy harvesting

Material comprising 3D-printed, auxetic, reinforced polymer lattices in conductive cement matrix can compress up to 15% and generate electricity for lightweight, mechanically tunable structures with energy harvesting and sensing.
#SHM

Wind/Energy

Future Materials Group report addresses advanced materials and climate change

Report analyzes sustainability strategy development, the role of carbon fiber in the global energy transition, and profitability challenges faced by wind OEMs.
#sustainability #windblades

Carbon Fibers

Real-time assessment of thermoset composites curing

The combination of material state management (MSM) software and an encapsulated sample rheometer (ESR) enables real-time cure recipe management or cure model development inside the autoclave.
#troubleshooter

The making of carbon fiber

A look at the process by which precursor becomes carbon fiber through a careful (and mostly proprietary) manipulation of temperature and tension.
#adhesives #sustainability #composites-basics

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Pultrusion |

Robotized system makes overmolding mobile, flexible

Anybrid’s ROBIN demonstrates inline/offline functionalization of profiles, 3D-printed panels and bio-based materials for more efficient, sustainable composite parts.
#sustainability #workinprogress

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor, CompositesWorld

Videos / Podcasts

Carbon Fibers

Addyx carbon exoskeleton technology enables molded ribs inside hollow composite structures

April 10, 2023 - 10:00 AM EST

Using a water-soluble mandrel, carbon exoskeleton opens paradigm for topology-optimized composites, cutting weight, manufacturing time and scrap rate.

Aerospace

Markforged highlights Sidus Space 3D-printed composite satellite

March 29, 2023 - 11:00 AM EST

The two partners have spent the last four years working on LizzieSat, a partially 3D-printed satellite that is set to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-9 rocket in 2023.
#wingoftomorrow #space #continuousfiberAM

Carbon Fibers

Demonstrating functionalized, cost-effective composites using additive extrusion

March 21, 2023 - 6:00 AM EST

Hybrid thermoset/thermoplastic composite part with 3D-printed functionalization demonstrates technology possibilities and EmpowerAX open platform offering expertise from members throughout the process chain.

Carbon Fibers

Hexagon Purus Westminster: Experience, growth, new developments in hydrogen storage

March 14, 2023 - 8:00 AM EST

Hexagon Purus scales production of Type 4 composite tanks, discusses growth, recyclability, sensors and carbon fiber supply and sustainability.
#hydrogen #sustainability

Carbon Fibers

Pyromeral mineral composites demonstrate resistance to thermal runaway

February 22, 2023 - 1:00 PM EST

PyroKarb, a carbon fiber-reinforced glass-ceramic, has been demonstrated to withstand the high temperatures of open flame during a thermal runaway event in eVTOL batteries with little to no damage.
#trends

Carbon Fibers

Hexagon Purus opens new U.S. facility to manufacture composite hydrogen tanks

February 02, 2023 - 6:00 AM EST

CW attends the opening of Westminster, Maryland, site and shares the company’s history, vision and leading role in H2 storage systems.
#wingoftomorrow #space #windblades

Thermoplastics

Optimizing a thermoplastic composite helicopter door hinge

January 31, 2023 - 12:00 AM EST

9T Labs used Additive Fusion Technology to iterate CFRTP designs, fully exploit continuous fiber printing and outperform stainless steel and black metal designs in failure load and weight.
#predictingfailure

ATL/AFP |

Plant tour: Joby Aviation, Marina, Calif., U.S.

As the advanced air mobility market begins to take shape, market leader Joby Aviation works to industrialize composites manufacturing for its first-generation, composites-intensive, all-electric air taxi.
#planttour #wingoftomorrow #space

Jeff Sloan Editor-in-Chief, CompositesWorld

Carbon Fibers

NCAMP qualifies Teijin carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics

This represents the first qualification of a carbon fiber fabric-reinforced thermoplastic composite material by the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP).

Automotive

The T.33 Spider: Another carbon fiber masterpiece from Gordon Murray

The legendary performance designer-engineer believes in purity of execution, and the T.33 Spider shows that the approach still drives him.

RTM

Addyx carbon exoskeleton technology enables molded ribs inside hollow composite structures

Using a water-soluble mandrel, carbon exoskeleton opens paradigm for topology-optimized composites, cutting weight, manufacturing time and scrap rate.

Aerospace

Carbon fiber Hartzell propeller drives fuel cell-powered Dash 8

Specially designed five-bladed propeller keeps Universal Hydrogen hydrogen-testbed aircraft airborne during a flight in early March 2023, giving support to green technologies.
#hydrogen #wingoftomorrow #space

Carbon Fibers

C12 Technology, Carbon Conversions launch products made with rCF

C12 Technology will offer rotomolded thermoplastic products reinforced with Carbon Conversions’ recycled carbon fiber (rCF) products.
#sustainability

Carbon Fibers

TPRC research studies void removal mechanisms in VBO processing

New publication evaluates vacuum bag only-consolidated carbon fiber/PEEK tapes to determine the role of different void removal mechanisms in thermoplastic composites.
#peek